lifestyle
152 篇The Extremes of Life | 生活中的两极
The author reflects on enduring Pennsylvania's extreme winter cold, which sparks a memory of summ...
92 阅读Park's Hardware | 帕克五金店的消逝
The closure of Park's Hardware, a beloved local store, symbolizes the loss of personalized servic...
90 阅读The Sunday Dishes | 周日的碗碟
A boy recounts the Sunday ritual of his father doing the dishes in an apron, until one day the re...
73 阅读An Unfinished Job | 一项未完成的任务
A wife playfully adds "Think about your wife a lot" to her chore list before a trip. Upon returni...
70 阅读Love is in the Air | 爱在空气中
This article explores unique Valentine's Day traditions and gifts, from an unusual present of a l...
63 阅读Broken Promises | 失落的承诺
A wife, determined to prove her frugality, enters a closing-down sale against her husband's grump...
59 阅读Bike Fright | 学车惊魂
A boy tries to teach his fearless mother how to ride a bike for an upcoming event. Her initial fe...
65 阅读Five Mistakes I Made in My Marriage | 我在婚姻中犯的五个错误
The author reflects on her marriage as part of a happiness project, identifying five common pitfa...
70 阅读A Nice Stone | 上好的石头
A widow humorously reveals how she interpreted her late husband's final wish to buy a "nice stone...
76 阅读Dogs Barking at Snow in Guangdong | 粤犬吠雪
The author recounts a personal experience that led him to believe in the old saying about dogs ba...
62 阅读Gossip | 闲话
This article uses the metaphor of "bags of gossip" to illustrate the different ways people handle...
69 阅读The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller | 烧炭工与漂洗工
A charcoal-burner invites a fuller to share his house to save costs and foster friendship, but th...
66 阅读Happiness Is a Kind of Ability | 快乐是一种能力
A company's final test for a director role involved observing three candidates in a confined room...
76 阅读The Power of Choice | 选择的力量
A story about Michael, who maintains a relentlessly positive outlook by consciously choosing his ...
59 阅读The Happy Shoemaker | 快乐的鞋匠
A rich but unhappy merchant, disturbed by his poor neighbor the shoemaker's constant singing, giv...
75 阅读The Origin of Teddy Bear | 泰迪熊的由来
The teddy bear is named after President Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, inspired by a 1902 hunting in...
70 阅读Betty Stoggs' Baby | 贝蒂·斯托格斯的孩子
A whimsical tale of a young woman whose desires shape her life, leading to marriage, a home, a pe...
54 阅读Missing Cat | 寻猫启事
A woman spends her savings on a highway billboard to find her missing cat, after police decline t...
63 阅读Bill, Bingo and Bram 2 | 比尔、宾果和布拉姆 2
The narrator contrasts his own family's focus on television with his neighbor Bill's preference f...
68 阅读The City Mouse and the Country Mouse | 城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
A country mouse and a city mouse visit each other's homes. The city mouse finds the country life ...
64 阅读我的生词本
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